Rhodochrosite
UNB-2017-0002Minerals » Carbonates
Description
Sample of rose-red cleavage mass of Rhodochrosite with a vitreous lustre.
Rhodochrosite (MnCO3) can be pink, rose-red, dark red or brown in colour that can darken in colour overtime from exposure. Lustre can be vitreous or pearly and streak is white. Hardness is 3 1/2 to 4 and cleavage is perfect in three directions and forms a rhombohedron. Rhodochrosite is often found as cleavage masses, granular, compact, botryoidal or incrusting.
Specifications
| Object name | Rhodochrosite |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0002 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Mineral |
| Classification | Mineral group: Carbonates |
| Composition |
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| Origin | Imuris, Mexico |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- Chesterman, C.W. 1979. Audubon Society, Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals. Knopf.